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Save the Date: Ontario Municipal Leaders Summit on Anti-Semitism | January 21, 2022

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) would like to invite you to the Ontario Municipal Leaders Summit on Anti-Semitism.

The summit will be chaired by Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor of Vaughan, with an objective of bringing together local leaders to discuss the recent rise in antisemitism across Ontario and how municipal leaders can support Jewish constituents. The summit will include Mayors, Councillors, Police, and Police Services Board members from across the province.

The summit is...

Ontario Ministry of Health: Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Information Sheet

Today, the Ontario Ministry of Health released an information sheet about the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

To access the information sheet, please click here.

Leadership Forum: Equipping Leaders

Congratulations to all our excellent speakers who delivered a challenging and informative three-day virtual leadership forum from November 22 to 24, 2021. Speakers delivered thought-provoking and informative sessions on the three key themes:

• Wellness
• Advancing Policing Accountability, Trust, and Inclusion, and
• Leadership

The speakers, including former Seattle Police Department Chief of Police Carmen Best, spoke about the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest in the United...

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to support the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence annual campaign dedicated to ending gender-based violence. The campaign started on November 25 on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and ends on December 10, World Human Rights Day, and also encompasses the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6.

The OACP shared a social media campaign kit with all...

OACP, Cambridge, New Jersey Chiefs & Evidence-Based Policing

In February 2021, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing (CCEBP) to deliver a very successful virtual conference on evidence-based policing (EBP). The three-day conference offered police personnel an opportunity to learn more about EBP, how it can benefit police organizations, and how we can empower police personnel at all levels of our services to use EBP concepts to deliver better and more effective law enforcement...